Friday, April 25, 2008

Tech jargon bad for your career

Jargon shows up in all professions, but in few is it more apparent, or more divisive, than in the world of technology. Picture this. You're in the middle of a presentation to a business team about some technology it would behoove the company to invest in and this comes out of your mouth:

"Just last week, we loaded 15 BGUs in the OTB and got an output of 1,300 cycles, which shows our testing program is right on target."

You might have missed it, but half the room was day dreaming and the other half were checking email on their BlackBerrys. What they were not doing: considering whether they should budget for this technology, because you had lost their attention. <A HREF="http://blogs.eweek.com/careers/content001/cios_and_it_executives/why_tech_jargon_is_bad_for_your_career.html?kc=EWKNLEND042508STR1">Can an over-reliance on tech jargon be bad for your career? Some experts say yes.</A>

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